Pope Francis, who took his name from the patron saint of ecology -- St. Francis of Assisi -- died the day before Earth Day ...

Father David Michael Moses of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston has noticed an eye-opening link between Carlo Acutis, who will be come the first millennial saint, and Pope Leo XIV.

Over an hour after the white smoke emerged, the new pope, clad in his papal vestments, stepped out onto the balcony and ...

Pope Francis has been laid to rest, the conclave has been assembled and, after due deliberation by the participating cardinals, the world at last has seen white smoke wafting from the Sistine Chapel ...

after the 13th-century figure St. Francis of Assisi, known as the patron saint of ecologists and champion of the poor. It was a befitting choice. Pope Francis was the fiercest climate and environm ...

Going to Catholic school, we all knew our patron saints. Mine happened to be St. Francis of Assisi. Even at a young age, I thought it was a good fit due to my Italian heritage and my love and ...

During his 12-year papacy, Pope Francis became known for his advocacy of immigrants and the poor, as well as his environmental activism. He took his papal title after Saint Francis of Assisi of ...

In 1228, just two years after his death, Pope Gregory IX officially canonised St Francis of Assisi as a saint. Francis was declared the patron saint of animals and ecology due to his deep love for ...

my middle name is Francis after St. Francis of Assisi who had been the lifelong patron Saint of my father Jim, who was a graduate of Jesuit St. Ignatius high school. Along with Pope Francis ...

St. Francis of Assisi, born Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone ... ecology lived out joyfully and authentically. He is the patron saint of all who study and work in the area of ecology, and he ...

Remembering Pope Francis, the Catholic Church leader who broke with tradition 10:43. Rome — Pope Francis, who challenged deeply rooted norms and made it his mission to change th ...

he chose to rename himself as Francis after St. Francis of Assisi, the medieval saint who founded the Franciscans, one of the largest orders in the Catholic Church. St. Francis’ tomb is situated ...